Iraq: Maliki and the Oil and Finance portfoliosnote

Senior members of the (Shiite) Dawa Party are said to be leading a campaign to prevent Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki from abandoning the Ministries of Oil and Finance to the Kurds or the Sunni Arabs. The following 427-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the position of Al-Maliki and what about that of leader of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq Ammar Al-Hakim.